St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-09-10
eOUTHERN AGRICULTURAL


Industrial edueatio" in the South.
Major E A. Burke. in his recent I'd.
dress before the Louisiana Press AS.
soclatlon at Lake Charles, said:
while we are offering our fertile
SOL. grand forests and rich mineral.
OF the North. and opening wide our
arms to welcome immigrants from
over the sea- is it not time to consider
seriously Why We should not educate
our boys to realize the rich resources
OF the South? The press can assist 1.
securing for these callings the respect
and consideration to which they are
entitled. The press can aid in max.
ing industrial training an integral part
OF general education; also in securing
the equipment Of institutions where.
IN the boys and girls Of Louis
ians may acquire occupations
winch will enable them to become self.
supporting. and take up the work of
developing our rich resources instead
OF relying forever on others.
1.-The press can help to break down
the unrcasoning prejudice and disin-
clination for manual labor. Mammal
schools are in operation as a part of
the public-school system in Boston,
Toledo. Cleveland and partly in oper-
alton in Philadelphia and Chicago.
Every Southern State is up and
moving in the direction Of the indus
trial education Of her children. by in.
crcasing the facilities Of the State insti-
buttons established for that object
I'VE should thoroughly equip our
agricultural and mechanical college on
basis to meet al requirements de-
vote the institution to the purposes for
which it was originally designed. and
create an industrial school where our
girls would have equal advantages in
acquiring the occupations for which |
they are suited.
MANY OF ms came to manhood find |
Ing our country torn with dissention,
its hillsides and valleys streaming with |
Its best blood. and its trade and indus
tries paralyzed
The best years Of our lives have
passed witnessing tho efforts of our
people to heal sectional woundA How
different is all things for the boy of
the South. He comes to manhood,
finding his country at peace with all
the world. all National questions in
process of peaceful adjustment. his
people enjoying the benefits Of honest
government and the pulses of trade
and industry throbbing with . healthy
vitality everywhere. More than that,
he finds the eyes OF the world turned
upon the South.
AT last her fertility Of soil. vast
'orests aud rich minerals attract the
capitalists. and skilled artisans, and
he home-seeker They are coming!
Millions strong; not with banners and
,ayonets or hostile 'front.' but with
live branches and treasure. equipped
With the best weapons OF science and
to plant homes in our val
eys, rip open our mountains and lay
'are the hidden minerals Il
what part will our Southern boys
axe In the great industrial battle
which is to be waged on Southern
oil. and which must exert such an in
uence upon the destinies of the I
World?
I'm this contest he should be tau ght "
hat every blow he strikes is for the "
onor of his State and the glory Of his !
Ountry.
mot only in the arena OF diversi. y
ed agriculture. improved imple- !,
tents and methods to be extended. but =
Re iron age inaugursted in the South =
IS than decade ago. is now to be 3
BY the South giving to tho
orld cheap American steel and cheap
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